Cluster for the History of Women's Education
Harnessing our well established expertise in histories of women's education
About us
The Cluster for the History of Women's Education (CHWE) is a Research and Knowledge Exchange group focussing on histories of women’s education. Established in 2002 as a research centre, in 2023 it became integrated in CREATE (Centre of Research for Educational Action and Theory Exchange), a new centre of excellence harnessing the University's wide range of expertise and research interests in the field of Education.
CHWE takes a broad cultural definition of education, one that transcends schooling to encompass learning and teaching (formal and informal) at any phase of the life-cycle, in any setting or historical period, including the recent past.
Aims
CHWE aims to foster a research environment that:
- examines the enactment and implications of colonialism, imperialism, internationalism, religion and class within transnational perspectives on gender;
- interrogates policy and practice related to women and girls in the past to inform research into gender and education today;
- disseminates research findings to a range of audiences
- engages with professional bodies, community groups and schools.
Events
19 March: Dr Maureen Royce: Memories and impact - a personal perspective of the importance of Arthur Mee’s Children’s Encyclopaedia in the 1960s.
26 March: Dr Alistair Jones: Bahaism and Women’s Education: Alice Buckton and Annette Schepel’s Journeys with Abdu’l-Bahá 1910-1913.
Online events (times TBC) - please email Dr Sue Faithful to register and receive links.